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"I don't understand. But I don't care, so it works out."
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This should happen to the woman in the current Baylor case, IMHO. It appears she made up almost everything, and there's no evidence he actually did have sex with her. The rest, the embellishments, are known to be false even by the prosecutor.
Police falsely accuse PLENTY of people of crimes as well...
Eventually someone will turn the tables on them.
Yeah, I'm kind of torn on this. On one hand we don't want to encourage false accusations, but on the other hand she did manage to get a dangerous cop off the street for several months.
Sadly, I fear a major increase in such action under our new and sick cultural norm that all female (and, let's be serious, this only applies to female accusers against male accused) "victims" are to be believed. I wonder if actual due diligence would have exposed this woman for the deranged crook that she is.
False accusations are a terrible thing. I don't think anyone would deny that. Nobody, NOBODY, really believes that every accusation leveled at everyone is true. But when an accusation is made, it needs to be treated seriously in the event that it is true. Certainly, false accusation should be treated seriously as well. We need to do a better job on both sides.
Also understand that for ages, women have been subject to treatment that is unjust. There are still laws protecting the rights of men who assault women--think of those states that allow a rapist to gain custody rights. That's incomprehensible to me, and to a lot of people, men & women alike. So maybe this pendulum swing is going far enough to make things muddy. We need to find equilibrium, not swing all the way to the other side again. It's not so black & white, as so many of you want it to be.
So, to recap:
False accusations=bad
Accusations not taken seriously=bad
False accusations are a terrible thing. I don't think anyone would deny that. Nobody, NOBODY, really believes that every accusation leveled at everyone is true. But when an accusation is made, it needs to be treated seriously in the event that it is true. Certainly, false accusation should be treated seriously as well. We need to do a better job on both sides.
Also understand that for ages, women have been subject to treatment that is unjust. There are still laws protecting the rights of men who assault women--think of those states that allow a rapist to gain custody rights. That's incomprehensible to me, and to a lot of people, men & women alike. So maybe this pendulum swing is going far enough to make things muddy. We need to find equilibrium, not swing all the way to the other side again. It's not so black & white, as so many of you want it to be.
So, to recap:
False accusations=bad
Accusations not taken seriously=bad
I don't disagree that accusations need to be taken seriously. But so do denials of wrongdoing, especially when they come from people who have sworn a legal oath to be law-abiding; yes, police officers are and should be treated differently from the rest of the general population.
If the evidence is shown to prove the accusations, throw the book at whoever the wrongdoer is.
Yeah, I'm kind of torn on this. On one hand we don't want to encourage false accusations, but on the other hand she did manage to get a dangerous cop off the street for several months.
But how was this police chief dangerous though, unless I missed something?
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